Habitat in Florida
Coastal dunes and beaches
Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them. Schafale
- Plants
- 187
- Birds
- 183
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Hercules-clubZanthoxylum clava-herculis
- Low RattleboxCrotalaria pumila
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Lanceleaf SeedboxLudwigia lanceolata
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Agalinis harperiAgalinis harperi
- Aloe YuccaYucca aloifolia
- Mound-lily YuccaYucca gloriosa
- SeagrapeCoccoloba uvifera
- Trailing Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles helvola
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Creeping WoodsorrelOxalis corniculata
- Godfrey's GayfeatherLiatris provincialis
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Dog-tongue BuckwheatEriogonum tomentosum
- Dune BluestemSchizachyrium littorale
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon glomeratus var. pumilus
- Lobelia paludosaLobelia paludosa
- Dune SandspurCenchrus tribuloides
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- Indigofera miniataIndigofera miniata
- St. Augustine GrassStenotaphrum secundatum
- American Halfchaff SedgeCyperus neotropicalis
- BeachstarCyperus pedunculatus
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Brownfruit RushJuncus pelocarpus
- Mangrove FlatsedgeCyperus ligularis
- Blue PorterweedStachytarpheta jamaicensis
- Marine-ivyCissus trifoliata
- Rhexia salicifoliaRhexia salicifolia
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Four-angle FlatsedgeCyperus tetragonus
- Gray's FlatsedgeCyperus grayi
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- Ovateleaf FlatsedgeCyperus ovatus
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- BaybeanCanavalia rosea
- Dune Marsh-elderIva imbricata
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
- Red MangroveRhizophora mangle
- Saltmeadow CordgrassSpartina patens
- Lycium carolinianumLycium carolinianum
- Rooted SpikerushEleocharis radicans
- Seashore DropseedSporobolus virginicus
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 183
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Florida Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia floridana
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition, habitat text phone app
- NC Parks species accounts
- USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (reviewed notes)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001)
- NatureServe Explorer ecological systems (CC BY 4.0)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.